However, there was a monk who survived and informed Konoha about this matter. The relationship between Asuma and Chiriku was similar to the relationship between the InoShikaCho trio. Asuma immediately led a group of Jonins and Shikamaru to find Chiriku, hoping that they would still make it.
As for Choji and Ino, they went with the other Jonin as another group, but it was worth mentioning that Jiraiya was also worried about further accidents. After all, the people of the Akatsuki had made their move. Those people either had extraordinary strength or unimaginable special abilities. So in addition to letting the Shikamaru, Asuma, and the other Jonins go, he also sent a group of members who did not participate in the original work. He also sent a group of more powerful InoShikaCho.
In other words, since Jiraiya sent the older InoShikaCho trio, plus this group of people, even if they encountered ordinary Kage-level powerhouses (the last among them did not have Bloodline Limit or special ability, and they didn't have many secret skills), whether it was with Shikaku's strength or brains, they could barely fight back, and even if they could not defeat them, they would definitely be able to retreat.
These three teams went to search for three different currency exchange locations to search for them. Once they found it, they would immediately use the spells given to their team leader by Jiraiya. As long as they inserted their Chakra into the scroll, the other two team leaders would immediately notice and rush over. Obviously, after experiencing Ryoha's wrath many times, Jiraiya had used this spell a long time ago to send messages and signals to play a great role in the battle.
Chiriku was not powerful enough, so it was difficult for him to escape death. Now there were so many changes, and with Jiraiya's arrangement, it was unknown if Asuma would still die like the original. But these were external factors. Whether Asuma could change this disaster was really unknown. It depended on his luck and effort.
"Shikaku, where do you think the Akatsuki will go?" Choza asked in a simple and honest voice as he ran on the tree.
"It's hard to say. According to the information sent by the monk of the Fire Temple, the people of Akatsuki would take Chiriku's corpse to be exchanged for money. As the head of the Five Great Countries, the Land of Fire has a lot of money exchangers in the Fire Temple's vicinity. It is difficult to determine where the target went. Unfortunately, it is the only information we have. There is no fresh blood from the Akatsuki members that we can use to track the smell. In addition, this is an urgent matter, and there is no time to wait for the people of the Fire Temple to send the blood samples."
This also stumped Shikaku. Although he was experienced and had the highest IQ among his peers, he was not omnipotent after all. He didn't know everything. He still needed information or help to know the cause and effect of everything.
His wisdom still had to be established under certain circumstances. At this time, there was only one piece of information and the timing was critical. Even the smartest person could only go to the nearest money exchangers from the Fire Temple in batches to search. This was Shikamaru's first in the original story. Now his father also made the same choice.
"Kakuzu always goes to such a stinky toilet, but I feel much better after killing that Chiriku." Hidan said that he did not like to kill, but now it seemed that he was obviously lying.
After waiting for a long time, Hidan, who had not seen Kakuzu come out, suddenly felt footsteps coming from behind him. This guy first thought that it was Kakuzu who had just turned around and wanted to say that Kakuzu was so slow, but he was met with a few kunais.
It had to be said that the original Hidan was very talented in blocking. He could block the kunais and also use the reflected kunais to attack their master. Now his taijutsu were higher, and of course, the use of this move was more exquisite. He easily reflected three kunais with his sickle, so that Asuma, who had sneaked up on him, had to take out the chakra blades and injected it with his wind chakra to cut them off.
"I got rid of one." At the same time, two people rushed out from Hidan's left and right. They were the members of the Asuma team, Hagane Kotetsu and Kamizuki Izumo. The sharp weapons in their hands directly pierced through Hidan's body. Hidan wanted to dodge but found that he could not move.
"Your reaction is too slow." Shikamaru said with a smile. It seemed that this time, he should be able to kill one in an instant. Unfortunately, he was happy for too long. The people who could be in the same group as Kakuzu must be people that even Kakuzu could not kill. Even Kakuzu could not kill Hidan, let alone them.
"Splurt!"
Fresh blood dripped onto the ground. Izumo and Kotetsu spoke happily and ignorantly. "One was taken care of, so there is only one left!"
"Hey, who did you say was taken care of? Can you tell me who you are now?" Hidan, however, did not notice the pain of his body being pierced by two sharp weapons. Instead, he spoke to Kotetsu behind him leisurely, "Hey, don't twist your weapon. It hurts so much."
"He actually has such an amazing ability?" Asuma was sluggish. They couldn't kill Hidan at all.
"So that's how it is. You have the cloth with the character 'Fire' on it. Then you should be related to that Chiriku dude. You should also be a guardian ninja!" Hidan's eyes flashed with a bloodthirsty light. He did not expect that there would be people who would turn themselves to him. This saved him a lot of unnecessary effort.
"We were ordered by the Fifth Hokage to kill or capture the people of your organization. Originally, we planned to kill you and then capture the other one, but now it seems that we can't do it." Asuma knew that Hidan was really annoying, and it was not easy to kill him.
"So you are right." Hidan suddenly grinned. Asuma immediately knew that things were not good. Without saying a word, he rushed towards Shikamaru. Sure enough, a man with green eyes appeared behind Shikamaru. His fist, which was as hard as a diamond and could beat all things, directly hit Shikamaru.
"Oh no!" Shikamaru quickly dodged, but at the same time, he knew that it was not good. It was very dangerous for Hidan, an undead monster, to be able to move. Unfortunately, he could not protect himself now. He was chased by Kakuzu. If not for Asuma who protected him in time, he might have died.
This was the result of strength not being able to keep up with wisdom. No matter how high his wisdom was, even if he had been prepared for this sudden battle, he could only run. If he could not run, no one would save him. It could be said that if someone did not save him, then no matter how high Shikamaru's wisdom was, it was useless.
"I really can't tell if this is really my lucky day." There was a hint of a smile in Kakuzu's voice. It seemed that he was very happy to see Asuma deliver himself to his door.
"Stop talking nonsense, Kakuzu. Don't make a move. Leave these people to me." After Hidan could move, he immediately relied on his immortal body to fight completely with no regard for his life. Perhaps his taijutsu was just third-rate against people like Konoha's Might Guy However, his brute fighting style, coupled with his improved taijutsu, made Kotetsu and the others completely at a disadvantage.